Provincial Politics

Province delays deadline for forced medication switch until January

A government deadline to change drug coverage for Albertans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and other ailments has been postponed six months.Announced in December, Alberta's Biosimilar Initiativ...

Apr 09, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Alberta doctors file lawsuit against province after changes to billing

EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association has filed a lawsuit against the province after the United Conservative government went ahead with changes to how doctors can bill for their services.The asso...

Apr 09, 2020

Government announces infrastructure plan to get Albertans working during pandemic

The Alberta government says it is allocating almost $2 billion from the 2020 Capital Plan to get thousands of Albertans back to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Jason Kenney and cabinet mins...

Apr 09, 2020 (Government of Alberta)

Alberta awards grant funding for Family Resource Networks

The provincial government has announced the successful grant funding applicants for its new Family Resource Networks (FRN) designed to deliver prevention and early intervention services and supports a...

Apr 08, 2020

Landowners and legal experts criticize Alberta's well cleanup bill

EDMONTON - Landowners and legal experts are criticizing Alberta's hastily passed new legislation intended to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities. The bill, which...

Apr 08, 2020

Alberta government introduces bill to protect human trafficking survivors

The Alberta government introduced a new bill Tuesday aimed at empowering survivors of human trafficking.If passed, the government says Bill 8, the Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act, will:-...

Apr 08, 2020 Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Kenney says Alberta COVID-19 infections could total 800,000 to one million, deaths between 400 and 6,600

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney presented stark figures Tuesday evening of what the COVID-19 pandemic may hold for Alberta.During an address to the province, Kenney presented a two scenarios, a probable ...

Apr 07, 2020 Screengrab from live stream

Protecting Lives and Livelihoods: Premier Kenney's speech to Albertans

Below is the full text from Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's televised address to Albertans on April 7:"Protecting Lives and Livelihoods"Fellow Albertans, I am speaking to you from the Cabinet room in y...

Apr 07, 2020 (Photo: CHAT News Today)

Premier Kenney predicts 25 per cent unemployment in Alberta due to COVID-19

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a grim prediction for workers in his province.He says there may well be 25 per cent unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.He has told an energy i...

Apr 07, 2020

Amendments coming to Alberta's Emergency Management Act

The provincial government says amendments to the Emergency Management Act will make things easier and more clear between different levels of government during the COVID-19 pandemic.The province will g...

Apr 07, 2020 Government House Leader Jason Nixon (CHAT News File Photo)